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Word: vivid (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Your dramatization on the air of the story of Grace Bedell and Abraham Lincoln was splendid, a vivid and fitting tribute to the kindliness of that great man and a touching finale to the quiet drama of my grandmother's life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 30, 1936 | 11/30/1936 | See Source »

...nine-by-twelve-foot canvas of five loosely sketched, bright pink nudes swinging in a wild dance across emerald green grass under a vivid blue sky hung last week on the walls of Manhattan Art Dealer Pierre Matisse, flanked by a group of photographs and autograph letters. Bewildering to the cautious mind, the canvas was of first importance to the U. S. art world for it was a full-size preliminary sketch for La Danse, the most famed mural decoration that Dealer Matisse's father, bearded Henri Matisse, ever did. Few U. S. art lovers have ever seen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ART: Tea With Sugar | 11/16/1936 | See Source »

...been expelled from college where he was studying to be a priest. It ended, 549 pages later, with his going to sea after he had destroyed his mother's last hope, had a love affair with Sheila, his brother's wife, witnessed a general strike. Most vivid characterization was the demoniac Mrs. Fury, who fought the squalor that rose like a flood around her and was defeated in every hope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Violent Mist | 11/9/1936 | See Source »

Controversy over the symbolism intended by Lewis W. Rubenstein in his two murals in the Germanic Museum is ignorant and unfounded. The murals are both derived from old Norse legends, and the use of modern accessories to make the allegory more vivid has been twisted in ridiculous fashion by newshawks into a slam at Nazi aims and methods. Nothing could be farther from the truth than these inane shots in the dark...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NAZI vs. NIEBELUNG | 10/31/1936 | See Source »

...vivid genre painting of a Midwestern barber shop by Paul Sample...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: One-Shot Winner | 10/26/1936 | See Source »

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